| Subscribe Now |
![]() |
|
| Weather |
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois
|
| Home |
| NewsSunday, August 12, 2007 1:31 PM CDT |
Police: Man attacks grannies with hammer
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. -- A 41-year-old man stormed a beauty salon and bludgeoned four grandmothers with a hammer, fracturing one's skull, before making off with less than $90, police said. Thomas Leyshon III, of Mountain Top, was arrested after a daylong manhunt Friday. The women, aged 56 to 76, did not resist but were beaten anyway, witnesses said. At least one required surgery. "It takes a coward to go after some old women," said Andy Chopka, grandson of victim Jeanna Chopka. Authorities allege Leyshon attacked a co-owner of Hairem Family Hair and Nail Care while demanding money from the register and the women's purses. "This is a completely senseless act of brutality against women who were doing nothing more than spending a day at the beauty parlor," prosecutor David Lupas said. "These are ... the most vulnerable of victims." Leyshon was being held Saturday on $100,000 bail. It was not immediately clear if he had a lawyer. The victims were treated at hospitals for head and facial injuries. |
|
||||||
|
![]() ![]() |
|
Top of Page | Home | News | Sports | Free Time | Life | Money | Nation/World | Opinion | Blogs/Columns | Archives | Site Map | RSS
Copyright © 2009, Pantagraph Publishing Co. and Lee Enterprises. All rights reserved. | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
|